My wife and I immigrated to Canada on Jan 15th, 2020.
We had got about $16000 with us, just a bit over the minimum required settlement amount. As expected, it has not been easy to find a job here, and we were hoping to get at most a few interview calls within 2-3 months.
I am a graphic designer by profession. I spent the first month tailoring the resume, getting my cover letter ready, visited settlement services etc, all the pre-requisites to find work.
Then COVID-19 quarantined everything up, which was still fine... I love the response taken by the canadian govt on that front.
However, no company is hiring designers at the moment and I am unable to even score remote jobs. I used to have remote clients back in India, but even they have stopped delivering work.
So basically I am literally out of work thanks to the quarantine, have no income stream now.
Based on CERB's rules, I need this stipulation to be true:
Is it possible to consider this as self-employment income...since it is technically income I received "from abroad" and I do currently reside in Canada.
The wording of the rules aren't clear if I need to specifically show a $5000 income, which could have come from anywhere, but only after I shifted to Canada.
Tried searching online and in the forums about this, but no one seems to have considered settlement funds being equated to proof of income. (I can of course show how the income was earned in 2019 in India, and how the amount was transferred to Canada)
Would this work?
We had got about $16000 with us, just a bit over the minimum required settlement amount. As expected, it has not been easy to find a job here, and we were hoping to get at most a few interview calls within 2-3 months.
I am a graphic designer by profession. I spent the first month tailoring the resume, getting my cover letter ready, visited settlement services etc, all the pre-requisites to find work.
Then COVID-19 quarantined everything up, which was still fine... I love the response taken by the canadian govt on that front.
However, no company is hiring designers at the moment and I am unable to even score remote jobs. I used to have remote clients back in India, but even they have stopped delivering work.
So basically I am literally out of work thanks to the quarantine, have no income stream now.
Based on CERB's rules, I need this stipulation to be true:
- Who had income of at least $5,000 in 2019 or in the 12 months prior to the date of their application; and
Is it possible to consider this as self-employment income...since it is technically income I received "from abroad" and I do currently reside in Canada.
The wording of the rules aren't clear if I need to specifically show a $5000 income, which could have come from anywhere, but only after I shifted to Canada.
Tried searching online and in the forums about this, but no one seems to have considered settlement funds being equated to proof of income. (I can of course show how the income was earned in 2019 in India, and how the amount was transferred to Canada)
Would this work?
